Effect of activated water treatment sludge on carbonation of mortar

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Abstract

Activated water treatment sludge (AWTS) is a newly developed environmentally friendly blending material that contains 12CaO7Al2O3 and C2S as cementitious minerals. In order to evaluation service performance of AWTS blended cement, carbonation characteristic and microstructure of mortar incorporating 20 wt. % AWTS was studied in present paper. Increasing with carbonated time prolonging under standard test condition, carbonation performance of mortar specimens achieved quality index of class T-IV of Chinese construction code JGJ/T 193-2009. Compressive strength of carbonated mortar had a little rise compared to controlled mortar cured at standard condition for 28 days. Portlandite reacts with carbon dioxide to form calcite and, calcite reacts with aluminate minerals to form monocarboaluminate. This was confirmed by SEM observation. AWTS has no disadvantageous effect on carbonation of Portland cement. More aluminate in the blended cement resulted in monocarboaluminate type AFm formation. ATWS can be employed as blending material for modern cement industry.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationTesting and Evaluation of Advanced Building Materials
PublisherTrans Tech Publications Ltd
Pages120-123
Number of pages4
ISBN (Print)9783037855775
DOIs
StatePublished - 2013
Event1st National Academic Symposium on Testing and Evaluation of Building Materials, TEBM 2012 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 22 Jun 201224 Jun 2012

Publication series

NameKey Engineering Materials
Volume539
ISSN (Print)1013-9826
ISSN (Electronic)1662-9795

Conference

Conference1st National Academic Symposium on Testing and Evaluation of Building Materials, TEBM 2012
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period22/06/1224/06/12

Keywords

  • Blending material
  • Carbonation
  • Cement
  • Durability
  • Water treatment sludge

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